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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 10:49 AM |
Sunny wrote:
My day isn't complete until I've heard the BBC 'journalists' say "umm .. errmm ... uhhh ...the time is ... ermm ..." every 10 minutes.
I hate the BBC ;)
I love it when they have breaking news and they're trying ot work out what it actually is whilst explaining to a few hundred thousand people! It's part of the charm :) |
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Sunny Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 10:49 AM |
the boy with a cryptic name wrote: They probably wanted have wanted the shades, I don't think it's very them! The suits would have been good for an appearance on an upper-class talk show though!
It seems to rather negate the already not-very-large benefit of owning Singles.
I think they were going for a reasonable sprinkling of songs freom all the albums, hance the slightly odd tracklisting, hopefully to try to get people to get more than one album because they've heard good songs off all of them.
I think the shades suit Dougie. He could do a good Bond impression.
Yeah, it does. Hadn't thought of that. I s'pose the benefit of owning Singles is to hear The Distance (which is always a treat).
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Sunny Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 10:51 AM |
the boy with a cryptic name wrote:
I love it when they have breaking news and they're trying ot work out what it actually is whilst explaining to a few hundred thousand people! It's part of the charm :)
That is quite entertaining. They always seem to have bundles of paper AND a laptop. What's the point of all the paper? All they do with it is shove it around the desk anyways.
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 10:55 AM |
Sunny wrote: the boy with a cryptic name wrote:
I love it when they have breaking news and they're trying ot work out what it actually is whilst explaining to a few hundred thousand people! It's part of the charm :)
That is quite entertaining. They always seem to have bundles of paper AND a laptop. What's the point of all the paper? All they do with it is shove it around the desk anyways.
It's so they appeal to both the young tech-savvy market who think the internet is the only way of getting news, and the older actually-I-prefer-reading-a-nice-newspaper clientele who think they look intelligent whilst reading from notes.
Also, it's so they have something to do at the end of the show when they shuffle the paper instead of sitting awkwardly (this is less of a problem on News 24 which has significantly less ends of programs than normal channels!) |
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 10:58 AM |
Sunny wrote:
I think the shades suit Dougie. He could do a good Bond impression.
Yeah, it does. Hadn't thought of that. I s'pose the benefit of owning Singles is to hear The Distance (which is always a treat).
Please can we start a petition to get Dougie to be a spoof James Bond next Comic Relief or something. He'd be truly brilliant!
The Distance is a large benefit, but possibly not a whole CD worthy reason. WITS and Coming Around are also good if you don't have the singles, but it's still a rather weak proposition, especially now. |
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Sunny Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 10:58 AM |
the boy with a cryptic name wrote:
It's so they appeal to both the young tech-savvy market who think the internet is the only way of getting news, and the older actually-I-prefer-reading-a-nice-newspaper clientele who think they look intelligent whilst reading from notes.
Ahhh, that makes sense.
the boy with a cryptic name wrote:
Also, it's so they have something to do at the end of the show when they shuffle the paper instead of sitting awkwardly (this is less of a problem on News 24 which has significantly less ends of programs than normal channels!)
That always seems a bit cheesy though. The producers should learn to end programmes quicker. My local news is terrible for that. They have about 20 seconds of paper shuffling.
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 11:01 AM |
Sunny wrote:
the boy with a cryptic name wrote:
Also, it's so they have something to do at the end of the show when they shuffle the paper instead of sitting awkwardly (this is less of a problem on News 24 which has significantly less ends of programs than normal channels!)
That always seems a bit cheesy though. The producers should learn to end programmes quicker. My local news is terrible for that. They have about 20 seconds of paper shuffling.
Ooooh, local news, that's got even more rough-around-the-edges charm! I love the way our local newsreaders have private jokes and sit and talk to each other unintelligibly for long periods! It's good when they miss the time frame and have to wait for the national thing to cut in again, especially when they run out of time and talk faster and faster! |
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Sunny Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 11:21 AM |
the boy with a cryptic name wrote:
Ooooh, local news, that's got even more rough-around-the-edges charm! I love the way our local newsreaders have private jokes and sit and talk to each other unintelligibly for long periods! It's good when they miss the time frame and have to wait for the national thing to cut in again, especially when they run out of time and talk faster and faster!
ITV local news is hilarious, they spend more time apologising for lost VTs and loss of sound than actually reading the news.
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Nikki Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 4:11 PM |
| Hmmm...I think that's a great tracklisting! And I do believe that Fran has said "Somewhere Else" is one of his favorites from 12 Memories (mine as well!) ... he actually says it on the Live @ Alexandra Palace DVD. |
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Sky-Blue Puppy Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 4:17 PM |
Thanks for sharing!
Aaah, they've mixed up Andy's and Dougie's names in the photo captures. Twice! Grrr!
It's a good thing, though, that the author doesn't mention Dougie's, erm, hypnotic hips in the article (the poor lady probably hasn't seen them live at all), otherwise Andy would probably rush into hiding again for some time ;) |
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 8:17 PM |
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ITV local news is hilarious, they spend more time apologising for lost VTs and loss of sound than actually reading the news.
My favourite ever part of the news is when they go somewhere outside and blatantly unsuitable, like in the middle of a flood, or on top of a building they're just about to demolish (etc.).
My favourite favourite moment was when Mr Newsreader went to Plymouth for the grand firework extravaganza festival spectacular or something of the sort. He did a piece to camera in some of the weather the region has seen for years. He had a patently too small umbrella and the rain was lashing down like never before whilst he stood on the harbour and got sprayed. A lot.
He then had to shout across the harbour and Mrs Newsreader had to pretend to hear him. This was a tad ironic - she wouldn't have heard him if he was shouting in her ear, and he was shouting just to get himself heard in the mic 2 mm away from his mouth. Oh, and the best bit? - he had to present the whole half hour of news from there. He wasn't very happy! |
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Sunny Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 8:45 PM |
the boy with a cryptic name wrote: Sunny wrote:
ITV local news is hilarious, they spend more time apologising for lost VTs and loss of sound than actually reading the news.
My favourite ever part of the news is when they go somewhere outside and blatantly unsuitable, like in the middle of a flood, or on top of a building they're just about to demolish (etc.).
My favourite favourite moment was when Mr Newsreader went to Plymouth for the grand firework extravaganza festival spectacular or something of the sort. He did a piece to camera in some of the weather the region has seen for years. He had a patently too small umbrella and the rain was lashing down like never before whilst he stood on the harbour and got sprayed. A lot.
He then had to shout across the harbour and Mrs Newsreader had to pretend to hear him. This was a tad ironic - she wouldn't have heard him if he was shouting in her ear, and he was shouting just to get himself heard in the mic 2 mm away from his mouth. Oh, and the best bit? - he had to present the whole half hour of news from there. He wasn't very happy!
Why does no-one say to them - 'look mate, this isn't going to work. it'll look ludicrous and you'll never live it down'? Oh for a bit of common sense.
You get Spotlight on BBC, don't you? Why does the weatherman, at the end of every show, lean on the sofa, bend his knee and then do a cheesy wave to the camera?
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 9:05 PM |
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Why does no-one say to them - 'look mate, this isn't going to work. it'll look ludicrous and you'll never live it down'? Oh for a bit of common sense.
I do enjoy it when they say something like: "..and Hurricane X is about to roll in off the west coast. It has recently been upgraded to a category 5 hurricane which means that all newsreaders for miles around will be blown over and probably killed. Anyway, I'll be keeping you up to date from this very unsheltered spot. Whoaaaaaaaa........" Why can't they just tell us it's windy over there? Why do they have to prove it by using vulnerable presenters? And who agrees to be flown into the path of a hurricane anyway? |
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Sun 23 Sep, 2007 9:09 PM |
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You get Spotlight on BBC, don't you? Why does the weatherman, at the end of every show, lean on the sofa, bend his knee and then do a cheesy wave to the camera?
Who knows? |
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alyrtle Posted Mon 24 Sep, 2007 12:46 AM |
| thanks for the scans |
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